Terse

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About Terse

YC company profile

Durable state for AI agents

We build infrastructure to power agentic systems such as software factories, multiplayer agent frameworks and agent coordination.

  • YC batch: Fall 2026
  • Founded: 2025
  • Team size: 2
  • Location: New York City, NY
  • Country: US
  • Status: Active
  • Industry: B2B
  • Stage: Early
  • Tags: API, Infrastructure, AI
  • YC partner: Aaron Epstein

Founders

Thomas Elias Karatzas — Founder/CEO

Founder at Terse AI. Previously Staff Engineer at Apple for 7 years, working on Siri and Apple Intelligence. Earlier founded Know Your VC (acquired by RateMyInvestor). Software Engineering degree from McGill University.

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Olivier Simard-Morissette — Founder/CTO

Founder at Terse AI (YC F26). Previously Principal Software Engineer at Pigeon (YC W23) and Senior Software Engineer at Squarespace and The New York Times.

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Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.